About block 957,457
Bitcoin block 957,457 was mined by SECPOOL on July 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM UTC, 2 min 30 s after block 957,456. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,958 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0242 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1492 BTC for this block.
Block 957,457 is number 1,874 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 142 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,543 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,044 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.